Vucic Opens Moravian Corridor Stretch to Kraljevo

President Aleksandar Vucic opened the Adrani-Preljina section of the Moravian Corridor, 28.71 kilometers long, to traffic on Friday, June 26 at 5 p.m. With this stretch through central Serbia now in use, Kraljevo is for the first time linked directly to the national motorway network.

The new section ties Kraljevo into the Milos Veliki motorway at Preljina, where the Moravian Corridor joins the route toward Belgrade and Cacak. The design speed along the road is 130 kilometers per hour. According to the contractor, a total of 100.34 kilometers of the corridor is now operational, while the full route measures 112.37 kilometers.

What does the new section change for central Serbia?

The Moravian Corridor connects the Rasina, Raska and Moravica districts, three areas that for decades had no direct motorway access. For Kraljevo, a city of more than one hundred thousand residents, it means a fast link to Corridor 10 and Belgrade, as well as to the industrial zones along the Milos Veliki motorway.

The corridor is described as the first digital motorway in Serbia. Sensors, fiber-optic infrastructure and traffic monitoring systems installed along the route allow real-time observation of conditions. It is a technical standard still being rolled out on other routes in the country.

During his tour, Vucic said the project had exceeded expectations. “No one in Serbia ever imagined that we would have a motorway all the way to Kraljevo,” the president said. The cost and pace of work on the Moravian Corridor have been a matter of debate since construction began, as several sections repeatedly overran their original deadlines.

A digital corridor on the eve of a Belgrade rally

The opening of the Adrani-Preljina section came one day before a major rally announced in Belgrade, which lends the event a political dimension as well. Infrastructure projects of this scale are regularly presented as proof of governmental continuity, while the opposition and part of the profession have for years called for full transparency over contracts and final construction costs.

For drivers from the Raska and Moravica districts, the practical effect is measurable from this evening. The trip from Kraljevo to the junction at Preljina, which until now ran along main roads through populated areas, now follows the motorway. How the route’s full capacity will affect transit traffic toward the south remains to be seen, as the remaining dozen or so kilometers of the corridor are not yet in service.

Completing the entire Moravian Corridor remains the next task. Until the final section opens, the network will operate at more than one hundred kilometers, already enough to reshape everyday travel logistics in this part of Serbia.

Will the new section shorten your daily commute, and how do you rate the pace of construction on the Moravian Corridor?